DE60044286D1 - OPTICAL HEAD - Google Patents

OPTICAL HEAD

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Publication number
DE60044286D1
DE60044286D1 DE60044286T DE60044286T DE60044286D1 DE 60044286 D1 DE60044286 D1 DE 60044286D1 DE 60044286 T DE60044286 T DE 60044286T DE 60044286 T DE60044286 T DE 60044286T DE 60044286 D1 DE60044286 D1 DE 60044286D1
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Germany
Prior art keywords
optical head
optical
head
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Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
DE60044286T
Other languages
German (de)
Inventor
Manabu Oumi
Yasuyuki Mitsuoka
Nobuyuki Kasama
Kenji Kato
Takashi Niwa
Hidetaka Maeda
Yoko Shinohara
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Seiko Instruments Inc
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Seiko Instruments Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B7/00—Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation by modifying optical properties or the physical structure, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power by sensing optical properties; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B7/12—Heads, e.g. forming of the optical beam spot or modulation of the optical beam
    • G11B7/122—Flying-type heads, e.g. analogous to Winchester type in magnetic recording
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y10/00—Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y15/00—Nanotechnology for interacting, sensing or actuating, e.g. quantum dots as markers in protein assays or molecular motors
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B7/00—Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation by modifying optical properties or the physical structure, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power by sensing optical properties; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B7/12—Heads, e.g. forming of the optical beam spot or modulation of the optical beam
    • G11B7/135—Means for guiding the beam from the source to the record carrier or from the record carrier to the detector
    • G11B7/1384—Fibre optics
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B7/00—Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation by modifying optical properties or the physical structure, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power by sensing optical properties; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B7/12—Heads, e.g. forming of the optical beam spot or modulation of the optical beam
    • G11B7/135—Means for guiding the beam from the source to the record carrier or from the record carrier to the detector
    • G11B7/1387—Means for guiding the beam from the source to the record carrier or from the record carrier to the detector using the near-field effect
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B7/00—Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation by modifying optical properties or the physical structure, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power by sensing optical properties; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B7/12—Heads, e.g. forming of the optical beam spot or modulation of the optical beam
    • G11B7/135—Means for guiding the beam from the source to the record carrier or from the record carrier to the detector
    • G11B7/1372—Lenses
    • G11B2007/13727—Compound lenses, i.e. two or more lenses co-operating to perform a function, e.g. compound objective lens including a solid immersion lens, positive and negative lenses either bonded together or with adjustable spacing

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nanotechnology (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Mathematical Physics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Optical Head (AREA)
DE60044286T 1999-07-26 2000-07-18 OPTICAL HEAD Expired - Lifetime DE60044286D1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP21097199 1999-07-26
JP2000183285A JP4421742B2 (en) 1999-07-26 2000-06-19 Optical head
PCT/JP2000/004824 WO2001008142A1 (en) 1999-07-26 2000-07-18 Optical head

Publications (1)

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DE60044286D1 true DE60044286D1 (en) 2010-06-10

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DE60044286T Expired - Lifetime DE60044286D1 (en) 1999-07-26 2000-07-18 OPTICAL HEAD

Country Status (5)

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US (1) US6473384B1 (en)
EP (1) EP1120778B1 (en)
JP (1) JP4421742B2 (en)
DE (1) DE60044286D1 (en)
WO (1) WO2001008142A1 (en)

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JP4482485B2 (en) * 2005-05-18 2010-06-16 セイコーインスツル株式会社 Head module
JP4565452B2 (en) * 2006-07-27 2010-10-20 セイコーインスツル株式会社 Head gimbal mechanism and information recording / reproducing apparatus
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JP5597000B2 (en) * 2009-09-30 2014-10-01 セイコーインスツル株式会社 Recording flexure, head gimbal assembly including the same, and manufacturing method of recording flexure
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US6034938A (en) * 1996-07-30 2000-03-07 Seagate Technology, Inc. Data storage system having an optical processing flying head
US5850375A (en) 1996-07-30 1998-12-15 Seagate Technology, Inc. System and method using optical fibers in a data storage and retrieval system
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EP1120778A1 (en) 2001-08-01
WO2001008142A1 (en) 2001-02-01
US6473384B1 (en) 2002-10-29
JP4421742B2 (en) 2010-02-24
JP2001101704A (en) 2001-04-13
EP1120778B1 (en) 2010-04-28
EP1120778A4 (en) 2005-03-02

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